Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in Louisiana

Does a signed but not witnessed will written by the will's subject and sent to family members years before death qualify as a legal will in Louisiana?


Asked on 1/16/11, 9:37 am

1 Answer from Attorneys

Adam Lambert The Law Office of Adam S. Lambert

It may be a valid will if it was written COMPLETELY in the decedent's own hand. Now, that means that 100% of it must be written by him. Nothing pre-printed, typed, or printed from a computer and nothing written by anyone other than him personally.

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Answered on 1/21/11, 2:16 pm


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